N.D. Cent. Code § 9-08-04
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9-08-04. Fixing damages for breach void - Exception
Official statutory text
9-08-04. Fixing damages for breach void - Exception
Every contract by which the amount of damages to be paid, or other compensation to be
made, for a breach of an obligation is determined in anticipation thereof is to that extent void,
except that the parties may agree therein upon an amount presumed to be the damage
sustained by a breach in cases in which it would be impracticable or extremely difficult to fix the
actual damage.
Every contract by which the amount of damages to be paid, or other compensation to be
made, for a breach of an obligation is determined in anticipation thereof is to that extent void,
except that the parties may agree therein upon an amount presumed to be the damage
sustained by a breach in cases in which it would be impracticable or extremely difficult to fix the
actual damage.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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